The United States and Japan will step up their defence cooperation to deal with the threat from nuclear-armed North Korea as tensions in East Asia remain high, officials from the two allies said on Thursday.

Swarm of mosquitoes trap man inside car

A plague of insects of biblical proportions have swarmed on a US driver, trapping him inside his car out of fear.

The driver was pulled over on the side of a highway in Devil’s Lake, North Dakota, when hundreds of the winged creatures covered the windshield and windows.

There has been some debate online whether they are mosquitoes, locusts or mayflies, but given the recent concern about the Zika virus, the driver was understandably cautious.

The Devil’s Lake area appears to be a hotbed of mosquito activity, with footage uploaded late last month showing a car transformed into heave-worthy burial ground for thousands upon thousands of the insects.